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197721767Gloucester MA: Bezoar 1977. First Edition. Wraps. Very good . 4to. Six leaves stapled at top left corner. Very good plus. Folded for mailing with moderate toning and rubbing; else clean and bright. <br/><br/>Issue of the periodical BEZOAR featuring texts by Coleman Wilkins Gold and Enslin. Bezoar was issued between 1975 and 1981 by a number of editors including Fred Buck Thorpe Feidt and Paul Kahn in a number of different formats and iterations. This issue was mailed to DC poet Doug Lang. Clay and Phillips 265. Bezoar paperback books
5632Finely engraved vignette on titles each different 48 engraved plates of maps plans & charts six heightened in color on 40 folding sheets & one folding printed table. Six vols. Large 4to cont. speckled boards several with minor rubbing red vellum lettering pieces on spines. Freiberg: Barthel 1775-76-78-81-84-86. First edition of this outstanding history of the German campaigns during the Seven Years' War describing the strategies employed during the conflict. Tielke 1731-87 wrote a series of works on military history and science based on his extensive theoretical knowledge as well as first-hand combat experience - he was wounded at the Battle of Torgau. Tielke not only recapitulates the decisive moments of these campaigns he also furnishes case studies regarding tactics artillery and fortification. The present work received much praise for its precise methodology presentation of arguments and judicious use of historical examples. The finely executed plates include highly detailed maps and battle-plans including those for Schweidnitz and Maxen plans and cross-sections of fortifications and charts of formations and their evolution during the course of the battles. Many of the plates contain complex diagrams highlighting trajectories and lines-of-sight and are clearly intended for the instruction of field engineers. A fine copy. ❧ A.D.B. Vol. 38 pp. 286-88. Jähns 1870f.: "Die wissenschaftliche Gründlichkeit der Beiträge die Sicherheit der Behandlung die Genauigkeit in den Angaben und nicht zum wenigsten die kluge und massvolle Art in welcher der Verfasser die geschichtliche Darstellung für seine theoretischen Anschauungen nutzbar macht verschafften dem votrefflichen Werke den lebhaften Beifall aller Einsichtigen.In so lehrreicher Weise wie dieser Ingenieur für sein Fach hat kein damaliger Taktiker Friedrichs Feldzüge für das seinige ausgebeutet.". hardcover books
1991113212New York: Prentice Hall Press 1991. xiii 303p. first printing dj. AIDS content. Prentice Hall Press unknown books
1990702796NY: Prentice Hall Press. 1990. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Prentice Hall Press paperback books
1992UGOLBES00FPTouchstone 1992. Very Good. Gold Herbert. Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in Haiti. New York NY: Touchstone 1992. xiii 303pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and penciled notes to last page. Touchstone paperback books
1990WRCLIT70300New York: Prentice Hall 1990. Pictorial wrappers. Uncorrected page proof of the first edition. Fine. Prentice Hall unknown books
1991UGOLBES00HMRTouchstone 1991. Very Good. Gold Herbert. Best Nightmare on Earth. New York: Touchstone 1991. 303pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners and subtly yellowed page edges. Touchstone paperback books
1966240109New York: Benjamin Blom 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Blue cloth binding with light edgewear to extremities. ; previous owner bookplate is present; no markings in text. Very Good binding. Benjamin Blom unknown books
8552Strassburg: Christophori ab Heyden 1620. Later printing. Vellum. Very good. Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 1630016;243816pp. With the two folding battle scene plates in the first part. Cont. vellum soiled. Bottom edge of both covers a bit rodent gnawed. A later edition of the author's d. 1560 study of the wars in Germany 1546-1547 made by Charles V against John Frederick Duke of Saxon and others. An English translation appeared in 1555. Scarce. Christophori ab Heyden hardcover books
19796429Montreal: Vehicule Press 1979. First edition. 73 pp. Some wear along spine else near fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Gold. Montreal: Vehicule Press unknown books
15679576Basel: P. Perna suis & H. Petri 1567. Vellum. good . 62050pp. Index. Contemporary vellum. Front & rear free-endpapers lacking. Modern ink ownership inscription on blank portions around the imprint on title. Historical work on the Kingdom of Naples with 2 texts one by Facius and another by J.J. Pontanus. B.L. German p.297. P. Perna suis & H. Petri hardcover books
15679512Basel: P. Perna suis & H. Petri 1567. Vellum. Very good. 62050pp. Index. Contemporary vellum hand lettered spine. Small portion of top edge of front cover 1/4" x 2" chipped. Tipped in ahead of the title are 3 pages of a previous early owner's manuscript biographical notes on Facius. Historical work on the Kingdom of Naples with 2 texts one by Facius and another by J.J. Pontanus. B.L. German p.297. (P. Perna suis & H. Petri) hardcover books
1566160Basel: P. Perna suis & H. Petri 1566. 62050pp. Index. Contemporary vellum. Front & rear free-endpapers lacking. Modern ink ownership inscription on blank portions around the imprint on title. Note: the colophon is dated 1567. Historical work on the Kingdom of Naples with 2 texts one by Facius and another by J.J. Pontanus. B.L. German p.297. Adams F207 under "Fazio". VD16 #F545. (P. Perna suis & H. Petri) hardcover books
18756056031875. "Faithfully yr friend Joaquin Miller Nov. 2 1875" in black ink on small leaf 4 7/8" x 2 1/2". Very good old tape in top margin from previous mounting. Together with a vintage sepia photograph. 3 3/4" x 5 1/4". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1849WRCAM49949New York 1849. 1p. of a bifolium docketed on verso of second bifolium leaf. Mailing folds slight edge discoloration else fine. An intriguing note regarding life insurance for a forty-niner traveling to California in 1849 with Henry Webb and John Woodhouse Audubon. The note reads: "Langdon H. Havens wants a life insurance permit for California to go over the Overland Route in company with persons bearing dispatches from our Government in a Company of 100 or more. He wants to leave for Washington immediately." Perhaps the twenty-six-year- old Haven sometimes spelled Havens originally intended to join a safe government- sponsored expedition from Washington but he was in fact among the 100 Forty-Niners who embarked on a famously ill-fated overland expedition led by Army Colonel Henry Webb with John Woodhouse Audubon son of the famous ornithologist as his second in command which left New York on February 8. <br> <br> The company proceeded by ship train stagecoach and riverboat to New Orleans and from there by steamer across the Gulf of Mexico to the mouth of the Rio Grande where they arrived on March 13 - an odd overland route dictated by Webb a veteran of the Mexican-American War. There disaster struck. A dozen men died of cholera the company's money was stolen and leadership conflict led Webb to leave the company with a dozen followers. Some of the remaining stalwarts including Haven followed Audubon onward trekking for seven months through Mexico and Arizona the survivors finally reaching San Diego in November. Some then took a boat to San Francisco; others continued overland to the gold fields. As meticulously recorded by Audubon a naturalist and painter in his own right the entire venture has gone down in history as "one of the most poorly-planned" Forty-Niner expeditions "on record." Haven though nearly dying en route was one of the fortunate few who "made it to California." An appealing note dated in the famous year of the California Gold Rush that eerily anticipates the dangers inherent in overland travel in America in the 19th century. unknown books
604579"Ernest Gold" in black ink on small leaf. 5" x 3"; 1 page recto only. Very good. "I do no have a business card - sorry! Ernest Gold". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
185246494Vassalboro Maine 1852. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Fold lines. Age-toning along some exterior folds. Red sealing wax remnants. Penciled "Grandma Keith" above address. Very Good. Biofolium of blue paper with 2-1/3 pages of manuscript writing containing 2 letters 53 8 lines ~660 100 words respectively. One panel hand addressed to South Braintree Mass with stamped No. Vassalboro ME postmark Mar 15 & "Paid 3" circular stamp. Unfolded: 9-3/4" x 7-5/8". Folded: 3" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>Ms Keith begins as most mothers do. relating her regrets for not writing sooner followed by health news of divers relations. Page 2 starts with the news that "There is a great many men in this region gone to California it is thought Maine must suffer a good deal in consequence of so many of her Citizens going to that Country the loss of the men is not all the State is injured by having so much money carried out of it. Since the sufferings of those gone there have been made known & likewise how small the chance of making money enough to fetch them back even many who were calculating to go have given it up at least for the present." The second letter by Keith to affirm to Miss Marcy that she wishes good relations between the two of them expressing appreciation of the "complimentary manner in which you mentioned my son." An intimate look at the allure of California's the 1850s myth tempered with the reality relayed back by some of those who succumbed. unknown books
1851476391851. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning especially along fold-line. Penmanship clear & easily read. Bifolium i.e. 4 pages of lined paper 23 lines per page ~ 10 words per line ~ 900 words. 9-3/4" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>While no year is written on the ALs itself we posit 1851 as the Maritime Heritage website shows the only visit to San Francisco by the Washington was July 21 1851 arriving from Baltimore per a newspaper entry in the Daily Alta. That said per a online perpetual calender March 14th came on a Tuesday in 1852 not 1851. We lean towards 1851 as the actual year this letter was written. And this historic letter is replete with interesting content written by a man bound for the promised land of California. Chamberlin is from Boston writing a newsy letter his sister posted from the Harbor of Pernambuco Brazil March 14 where the ship in taking on supplies including coal. He describes the voyage thus far the expense of the company that sent him and the trip ahead around the Horn expecting to arrive in California in about 30 days. He describes conditions aboard the ship the places he has visited the people he has met in Brazil his own experiences with the heat and fever and more. Letters from this era are apprearing ever more infrequently on the market. unknown books
73222A holographic letter on Immaculate Heart College letterhead from the American Roman Catholic religious sister and Pop Art pioneer. Undated it was likely written in the mid-1960s prior to her return to secular life in 1968 as Corita Kent.<br/> <br/>The letter was written in reply to Eugene Anthony "Gene" McNerney Jr. 1899-80 a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia who worked as newspaper artist and magazine illustrator before embarking on a distinguished career in the Marine Corps. Attributing the delay in responding to her hectic schedule she writes "We're not really ungrateful - just inefficient . after teaching three successive summer sessions it almost seems tame to be back in regular session." Kent also makes reference to an ad she placed in Graphis Annual and two individuals associated with her work with the Department of Fine Arts concluding with an invitation to an open house and sale.<br/> <br/>Kent served as the chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. After the Second Vatican Council she transformed the college's annual Mary's Day procession into a community celebration which was part of the sister's campaign to bring secular people together. During this time Kent's work became increasingly political addressing events such as the Vietnam War and humanitarian crises. Incorporating brilliant colors and bold shapes her art was her activism. Tensions between the order and church leadership were mounting with the Los Angeles Archdiocese criticizing the college as "liberal" and Cardinal James McIntyre labeling Kent's work as "blasphemous" which hastened her departure from the order. Most sisters followed suit and the Immaculate Heart College closed in 1980. Kent continued to create spiritually-informed artwork primarily silkscreen or serigraphy which played an important role in the renaissance of the poster as a medium of communication and continues to influence graphic design well into the 20th century.<br/> <br/>One page 8 ½" x 11" folded into thirds for mailing. Some uneven toning; otherwise very good. unknown books
193732039Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1937. 1st edition thus Broadfoot p. 634 incorrectly listing this edtion as 2 vols; Howes W-598; Kurutz 691b; Mintz 501; cf Cowan II p. 692 & Graff 4724 for the 2v 1914 edition. Blue buckram cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Printed blue paper dust jacket. NF/VG spine sunned a bit/pc. vii 1 blank 528 pp including Index. Unopened. Fronts portrait. 8 internal illustrations/plates. Folding map at rear. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>An affordable alternative to the 2v limited edition issued in 1914 also by the Wistar Institute. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology hardcover books
17605757Gottingen: Wittwe Vandenhoeck 1760. Published 1760-1791 general title page of Vol. 1 dated 1768. Folio. 12 volumes bound in 3 each volume in 4 parts each with its own title page. Indices. With numerous folding tables throughout. Frontispiece portrait of Putter. Cont. vellum over boards extremities a bit rubbed and a little chipping to the spine of Vol. 3 but quite a nice set. A key set for the study of German law by one of the foremost legal scholars of his day. Putter 1725-1807 taught law at Marburg and Gottingen. Ten years after Volume 12 a fourth physical volume was added. It has 3 parts i.e. parts 13-15 printed in 1801-1809. Wittwe Vandenhoeck hardcover books
1979Embry 135222Clarkson N. Potter 1979. First edition. Edges lightly sunned and several pages with barely noticeable tiny corner bends now straightened in fine dust jacket with tiny nick and crease to rear panel in mylar cover. B&W photos and drawings. Clarkson N. Potter, 1979. First edition. unknown books
1762249483Paris: de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1762. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. Contemporary drab wrappers uncut . Fine. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. From Description des arts et métiers. de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour] unknown books
1991015628Boulder CO: Westview Press 1991. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. vi 160 pages of text. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. The text is clean and unmarked. Co-published with The Jerusalem Press. Contributions by numerous contributors. First edition. Westview Press Paperback books
189673529Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The first American edition of this important scientific memoir describing the manner in which the authors succeeded in extracting the previously unknown element argon in pure form and in analyzing its properties. For this discovery Lord Rayleigh 1842-1919 was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge Volume XXIX Number 1033. Quarto: 2ff 43 1 p. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles. Near fine. Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
